So it appears Death Stranding is a persistent online game?!? Maybe? Kojima is insane...

[DynamiteCop 2,088]

To one degree or another it's reading like that, especially the last line.

 

 

 

Tonight in New York, on stage with his Death Stranding star Norman Reedus, Hideo Kojima threw the audience a few tantalizing scraps of information about his new game, including how all players will be connected, how Reedus shapes the hero Sam, and about a secret area of the game where the player can take control of a camera. 

"It's an open-world action game, but it's really something new,"

"There are so many things happening in the real world - in America, in Europe - everything is actually connected by the internet, but in a way we're not connected in the real world these days."

"I'm putting that as a metaphor in the game. The player will have to reconnect the world in the game. You're very alone, there's solitude, but you're trying to connect. The story and the gameplay, the key word is 'connection.' There are so many things in-between, of course, but the key is connection,"

"I also threw in a really new idea. You're connecting the game, and everyone is playing it together, and you'll be connected, everyone will be connected together as well. I can't say anything because Sony will be very unhappy. I don't want to be disconnected from Sony."

Edited April 27, 2019 by DynamiteCop!

[Teh_Diplomat 2,054]

k.

[JonDnD 2,698]

Sounds like a flop

[Ike★ 2,922]

[Twinblade★ 3,986]

i think you’re jumping the gun, that could be interpreted as anything. To me it sounds like they’re implementing some dark/demon’s souls types of mechanics.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Twinblade

[Remij 4,717]

It's not going to be persistent when Sony shuts down the server in 2 years